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        to with something to spare          toll take a toll
        to woman to woman                   Tom (every) Tom, Dàck, and Harry
        to words to that effect             Tom Tom, Dàck, and Harry
        to work one’s fingers to the bone   ton hàt ( someone) like a ton of bricks
        to would like (to have) someone or something  tone tone something down
        to a bitter pill to swallow         tongs fight someone or something hammer and tongs
        to a credàt to  someone or something  tongs go at it hammer and tongs
        to a force to be reckoned with      tongu  bite one’s tongue
        to a harbànger of things to come    tongu  Cat got your tongue?
        to a hard nut to crack              tongu  find one’s tongue
        to a marvel to behold               tongu  get a tongue-lashàng
        to a nàne-to-five job               tongu  give someone a tongue-lashàng
        to a place to call one’s own        tongu  have something on the tip of one’s tongue
        to a place to hang one’s hat        tongu  hold one’s tongue
        to a portent of things to come      tongu  Hold your tongue!
        to a prelude to something           tongu  keep a civil tongue (àn  one’s head)
        to a sign of things to come         tongu  on the tip of one’s tongue
        to a slave to something             tongu  speak with a forked tongue
        to a struggle to the death          tongu  tongue-àn-cheek
        to a taste of things to come        tongu  a slip of the tongue
        to a tough act to follow            tongues cause (some) tongues to wag
        to a word to the wise               tongues set tongues (a)wagging
        to The chickens have come home to roost.  too be too
        to the in thing (to do)             too do too
        to the same to you                  too eat one’s cake and have it too
        toad (as) calm as a toad in the sun  too go too far
        toad (as) ugly as a toad            too have one’s cake and eat it too
        toad calm as a toad in the sun      too have one’s finger in too may pies
        toad ugly as a toad                 too have too
        toast (as) warm as toast            too know something only too well
        toast propose a toast               too life is too short
        toast warm as toast                 too none too something
        toe from head to toe                too spread oneself too thin
        toe from tip to toe                 too take too much on
        toe toe the làne                    too too big for one’s bràtches
        toe toe the mark                    too too close for comfort
        toehold get a toehold (somŁwherŁ )  too too good to be true
        toes keep on one’s toes             Too Too many cooks spoàl the broth.
        toes on one’s toes                  Too Too many cooks spoàl the stew.
        toes step on someone’s toes         too too much of a good thing
        toes turn up one’s toes             tooł  toot one’s own horn
        toes with bells on (one’s toes)     toołh  (as) clean as a hound’s tooth
        together Birds of a feather flock together.  toołh  clean as a hound’s tooth
        together get it (all) together      toołh  fight someone or something tooth and nail
        together get one’s act together     toołh  go at it tooth and nail
        together go together                toołh  go over something with a fine-tooth comb
        together keep body and soul together  toołh  have a sweet tooth
        together knock some heads together  toołh  search something with a fine-tooth comb
        together pull oneself together      top at the top of one’s lungs
        together pull something together    top at the top of one’s voàce
        together put something together     top at the top of the hour
        together put two and two together   top blow one’s top
        together scrape something together  top feel on top of the world
        together slap something together    top from the top
        together stick together             top from top to bottom
        together throw something together   top in top form
        toilet go to the toàlet             top off the top of one’s head
        toing toàng and froàng (on  something)  top on top
        token as a token (of something)     top over the top
        token by the same token             top (sàtting) on top of the world
        told all told                       top thin on top
        told A làttle bird told me.         top top someone or something

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